$re = '/var\s+number\s*=\s*(\d+)\s*;/';
$str = '<script type="text/javascript">
var number = 100;
var foo = "bar";
var number=200;
var number = 500;
</script>';
preg_match_all($re, $str, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER, 0);
// Print the entire match result
var_dump($matches);
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for PHP, please visit: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.pcre.php